"Children of the frontier,"

"Children of the Frontier

Comite Franco-Americain pour la protection des
Enfants de la Frontiere

THIRD ANNUAL REPORT

January 1, 1918

rie and Simone Truchon, and father. Before the war the father was
a mason. He has been at the front since war broke out. The mother, left
with four children, found it difficult to give them sufficient nourishment.
She had lost a little boy of tubercular meningitis in 190S. In March, 1916,
a second boy, Rene, died of the same malady, and in February, 1917, the
mother succumbed to the same disease. A month later the four-year-old
daughter, Simone,_ died of bronchial pneumonia following measles. Marie
has been placed in the Sanatorium _ of Ormesson, at the expense of the
Committee, and a boy, Alphonse, is in our colony at Gourin.

American Office and Work Rooms
18 West 57th St., New York City

French Headquarters
77 rue d'Amsterdam, Paris, France

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CHILDREN OF THE FRONTIER"

Comite Franco-Americain pour la Protection des
Enfants de la Frontiere

18 WEST 57tli STREET, NEW YORK CITY
Tel. Circle 739

Officers and Executive Com-
mittee in Paris

77 Rue d' Amsterdam

Mrs. Cooper Hewitt,

Honorary President
Mr. August F. Jaccaci,

President
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss,

Vice-President
Mr. Arthur Hugh Frazier,

Treasurer
CoMTESSE Pierre de Viel-Castel
Mrs. William H. Hill
Miss Emily R. Cross
Mr. Carl F. Taylor

Officers and Executive Com-
mittee in New York

Mr. Frederick R. Coudert,

Treasurer
Miss V. D. H. Furman,
Assistant Treasurer,

c/o Columbia Trust Co.,
358 Fifth Avenue,
New York
Miss Martha L. Draper,
Chairman of Adoptions
Committee
Mrs. W. K. B. Emerson,
Secretary of Adoptions
Committee
Mrs. Joseph Lindon Smith,

Field Secretary
Mrs. Charles P. Howland,
Secretary of Executive

Committee
Chairman of Supply
Committee
Mr. Paul D. Cravath
Mr. Harry Harkness Flagler
Mr. Charles P. Howland
Mr. W. F. M. Cutcheon
Miss Rosina S. Hoyt

Miss Helen C. Wilson,
Executive Secretary

This sister, 72 years old, with two of her young
helpers, is arranging her traditional bouquet for
guests. Thanks to her work and care in the gar-
den the colony has not suffered from lack of fresh
vegetables.

THIRD ANNUAL REPORT

January 1, 1918

The work of
this Committee
was inaugurated
in 1914 as an
emergency rehef
measure to care
for a small num-
ber of the desti-
tute refugees
from the invad-
ed districts of
France and Bel-
gium. Steadily
it has broadened
in scope, and be-
come more per-
manent in char-
acter, and the
prolongation of
the war, with the

Le Long family at Liaucourt-Fosse, near Roge, in the • ' + q'K1 in'

Somme. They were living in the ruins of their stable ineVlXaDlC lU"
without sufficient food, clothing or heat. There was no

hope of schooling this winter, so we took the three boys CrCaSC Of miSCrV
and neighbors are going to help care for the mother, the "^ '

little girl and baby who are left. The father and older rnnlrPQ it TYinTP

brother are prisoners in Germany and they have had no lllclivca It IIIUI C

news of them since they were taken. . . ■.

imperative than
ever that we should bear our share of the burden.

The following statement of the work accomplished
during the last j^ear will be of interest to those who
have so generousty supported this undertaking.

TffANSFCmED FMI

PERIOD !CA!. rifW'<*»p<ii)
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The father of these boys suffers from deafness and the shock undergone when an
obus exploded beside him. Tlie mother falling ill, was taken to a hospital for a serious
operation. Faced with the situation of being obliged to return to the front and with
leaving the two boys and a seven-year-old daughter absolutely alone, the poor man
turned to a Sister of Charity of the neighborhood, who directed the children to the
Franco-American Committee, which has taken the children under its care. The mother
hopes to take her children back should she recover and regain her strength.

The Work in France
We have been fortunate in having several members
on our Executive Committee in Paris, long resident in
France, through whom it has been possible to keep in
exceptionally close and sympathetic touch with the
French people and government. It is because the work
has the confidence of the French that we have been able
to obtain the devoted services of the Sisters and Fathers
to care for the children, and the active assistance of
many individuals who give time and service, buildings
and furnishings.

Relationship with Red Cross

A close and harmonious relationship has been estab-
lished with the Red Cross in France. Mr. Carl Taylor,
of our Committee, is also a Red Cross official, and Mrs.
William H. EKll is in charge of one department of the
new Children's Bureau which the Red Cross has just
estabhshed under the able direction of Dr. Lucas, a
child specialist, loaned by the University of California.

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There are thus two hason officers for these organizations,
and already much benefit has resulted from this co-
ordination of the work for the thousands of destitute
children in France.

Mr. Auguste F. Jaccaci, the President of the Comite,
is Advisor of the Children's Bureau of the Red Cross
and has given valuable assistance to Dr. Lucas in the
latter's Red Cross work.

The Comite extends most heartfelt thanks to the
officials of the Red Cross, both in France and America,
for their assistance in shipping supplies, and for a
donation of $5,000.00 for office expenses in France for
1918, and for having assigned to our service one of its
physicians. Dr. Frederic Hart Wilson, to care for the
children in our colonies, and for many other kindnesses.

Carpenters' Class at Cabourg.

Education

A special effort is being made to educate the children
adequately. In some of the colonies it is possible for
the children to attend the schools in the neighboring
towns; but in others, owing either to lack of schools
or to the health of the children, it has been found neces-

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sary to supply kindergartens and special teachers.
Often the repatriated children have been entirely with-
out schooling for three years, and special training is
necessary to help- them take their places in the indus-
trial world.

The Comite gives the children a regular education up
to the age of thirteen, and after that the girls are trained
in domestic science, sewing, lace-making, etc., and the
in domestic science, sewing, lace-making, etc., and
the boys apprenticed. They are taught carpentry,

printing, cobbling, agri-
culture, and other trades.
Sixty-seven boj'-s are now
apprenticed, their earn-
ings being paid over to
the Comite as legal guar-
dian, and used for the
benefit of each boy.

Medical Treatment

Sincere thanks and ap-
preciation are due Dr.
Charles Fleck, an Ameri-
can physician who, for
four months, gave untir-
ing and devoted care to
the children.

Dr. Fleck reports that
he found the general
health of the children re-
markably good, but that
about 80 per cent, of
them suffer to some de-
gree from structural
irregularities affecting
respiration, digestion and

RAYMOND FOURNIER
This little boy has been motherless since
1906. His father has disappeared. The
aunt, who had cared for Raymond and his
two brothers, finding herself in a distressing
situation financially, has asked the Franco-
American Committee for the Protection of
the Children of the Frontier to take care
of Raymond, who came to the Committee
in an emaciated and jenemic condition.

circulation. This

high

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percentage is, of course, due to the wretched conditions
in which they have been hving. In many cases correc-
tive exercises, training in hygiene, and much out-door
living will be sufficient to remedy these defects ; others,
more serious, will require extended treatment.

Dr. Fleck's work has resulted in evident improve-
ment in the condition of the children, and he is planning
to return next summer to establish a summer camp
colony for about two hundred of the children who are
most in need of such special oversight and treatment.

Dr. Brodeur at Work.
Dr._ Brodeur is a graduate of the Harvard Dental School and his services have
been given us for a year.

Dentist.

An American dentist, Dr. A. P. Brodeur, has been
busy for many months getting the children's neglected
teeth into hygienic condition.

Volunteei^s

It is with the greatest appreciation and gratitude that
we give the list of our volunteer workers in France.
Their contribution of unselfish and efficient service is
invaluable, and we only wish it were possible to give
a detailed report of what each has accomplished. The

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Executive Committee never could have accomplished
such an amazing amount of work had it not been for
the untiring help of these volunteers.

Miss Lucina Bateson
Miss Marjory Cheney
Miss Emily R. Cross
Mrs, Wm. Olmsted, Jr.
Mrs. C. T. Owens

Miss Helen L. Russell
Mrs. Frances Shaw
Mrs. Richard P. Strong
Miss Erica Thorpe

Number of Children in care of the Comite

The comite had under its care, on December 1, 1917,

1,365 children, distributed among seven Paris depots,

and twenty-sev-
en colonies lo-
cated in differ-
ent parts of
France. The av-
erage per capita
cost for their
maintenance is
Frs. 1.15.

Sources from
which the
Children Come

The children
are collected
from Belgium
and Alsace-Lor-
raine, and from
many parts of
invaded France:
the Aisne and

Children of a retaken village of the Somme at school XVlieimS rCglOUS,

in a cellar. All of these children had been under the , AT r. ,. v^ ^

domination of the Germans, and a close study of the faces t H 6 i'l a 1 II C,

will show that their spirit has been quite crushed. The

visitors found them unresponsive and silent when one J^ommC, JVleUr-

would have looked for life and spontaneity.

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the et Moselle, Lille (Nord), Pas de Calais, Charle-
ville, and many repatriated from the "stolen country"
through Evian. In many cases they arrive barefoot
and with only a gingham apron to protect them from
the cold. They are all frightened and homeless, many
of them ill from shock and exposure. One little boy
of three was so shattered that he did not speak for
three months after his arrival; but in most cases a few
weeks restores the confidence of the child.

Boys Playing by the Sea at Cabourg.

New Colonies

Two hundred and sixty new children have been
brought in during the last three months, and new
colonies to house them are being opened as rapidly as
buildings can be secured and made ready.

A mountain farm colony in the south of France is
being opened, with the assistance of Mile, de Rose,
where special training in all kinds of agriculture is to
be given. It is hoped that this colony will be self-sup-
porting at the end of three years. There will be a sani-
torium for delicate boys connected with it.

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ing number

The generosity of Mrs. J. Low Harriman has made
possible the estabhshment of a sanitorium at Berck for
tubercular cases, of which there is a large and increas-
About a third of these are in plaster.

There is also
a new colony
with a capacity
to care for fifty
little children
from one to
three years old.

Prevention of
Tuberculosis

Most of the
children come
from the invad-
ed districts, but
occasionally chil-
dren from Paris
are taken when
they are found
in the care of
tuberculous par-
ents or guard-
ians.

TJaby born of a French mother now dead and a German
father, in a retaken village of the Somme.

Colonies and Depots

Following is a list of the colonies and depots where
the 1,365 children under the care of the Comite were
housed on December 1st, 1917:

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Picture of Children Injured in Bombardments at La Jonchere.

Colonies

Name

1 Berck

(Pas-de-Calais)

2 Blois

Under the special charge
or protection of

Mrs. J. Low Harriman
Mrs. Wm. H. Hill

No. of
children
Capa- Dec. 1
city 1917

Description

Sanatorium for 30 14

tubercular children
(bone & glands) new

Colony for girls 40 40

Soeurs de la Provi-
dence

3 Brandon

4 Cabourg
(Calvados)

5 Caen
(Calvados)

6 Chasseneuil

7 Chateaubourg

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Colony for girls 33
Soeurs de St. Joseph
de Cluny

Chicago Colony managed Colony for boys
by Mrs. Richard P. Strong Soeurs de St.

Vincent de Paul

Colony for girls
Soeurs de Bon
Sauveur

70

10

Colony for girls 46
Soeurs de St.
Vincent de Paul

Colony for girls 23
Soeurs de St. Joseph
de Cluny

31

67

45

23

Name

8 Les Clarisses
(Versailles)

9 Cluny

10 La Cour

11 Elancourt

12 Goiirin

13 Grandbourg

14 Issy-les-Moulineux
(Seine)

15 La Jonchere

16 Maisons Alforts

17 Boulogne
("Maison Francoise'

18 Morangis

19 Nemours

Under the special charge
or protection of

Comtesse Pierre de Viel-
Castel and Mrs. Walter
Gaj^ & Comtesse Charles
d'Ursel

No. of
children
Capa- Dec. 1
Description city 1917

Colony for girls 20
Soeurs de St. Joseph,
Ypres

Colony for boys 60
Soeurs de St. Joseph
de Cluny

Colony for boys 90
Soeurs de St.
^'incent de Paul

Colony for boys
Soeurs de St.
"S'incent de Paul

24

Colony for boys 52
Soeurs de St. Joseph
de Clunv

20 Neuilly

21 Les Ombrages
(Versailles)

22 Oulins

Miss Emily R. Cross

Miss Emily R. Cross
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss
Mrs. Oliver Roosevelt

Mrs. G. Stanley
Miss Helen L. Russell

Mrs. Francis Shaw

Mrs. Beverly MacMonagle

Colony for girls
Soeurs de Notre
Dame de Sion

Colony for boys
(new)

Sanatorium
Boys and girls

100

150

47

Colony for boys 30
Soeurs de St. Joseph
de Cluny

Colony for little
boys and girls

Colony for boys
Soeurs de Notre
Dame des Anges

Colony for girls
Soeurs de St.
Vincent de Paul

47

66

80

Colony for boys 29
and girls. Soeurs de
St. Vincent de Paul

Comtesse Pierre de Viel-
Castel and Mrs. Walter
Gay

Mrs. Wm. H. Hill

Colony for girls 69
Soeurs de St. Joseph
d' Ypres

Colony for boys 44
and girls. Soeurs de
St. Joseph d'Ypres

20

59

24

49

99

30

45

28

46

66

78

29

66

45

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No. of

children

Name

Under the special charge
or protection of

Description

Capa-
city

Dec. 1
1917

23 Perreux

Colony for girls
Open April-
November only

60

24 Presles

Miss Marjorie Cheney

Colony for boys 62
Soeurs de St. Theresa

63

de Jesus

25 Rennes

Mme and Mille Guillemot

Colony for girls

15

15

26 Rosay

Mrs. Wm. H. Hill

Colony for boys 28
Soeurs de St. Joseph
d'Ypres

21

27 St. Laurent

Colony for girls 25
(new) not yet open

Paris Depots

1 Bobillot

2 Gentilly

3 Meuniers

4 Reuilly

5 Sevres

6 Stephenson

7 Tombe Issoire

Depot for girls 40
Soeurs de St.
Vincent de Paul

Depot for girls 20
Soeurs de St.
Vincent de Paul

Depot for girls 34
Soeurs de St.
Vincent de Paul

Depot for boys
Soeurs de St.
Vincent de Paul

Depot for boys
Soeurs de St.
Vincent de Paul

Depot for girls
Soeurs de St.
Vincent de Paul

15

Depot for boys 30
Soeurs de St.
Vincent de Paul

21

25

36

19

29

14

30

21

16

There were also children specially cared for, as follows:

Placed temporarily in private sanatoria 19

Placed temporarily in hospitals 6

Apprenticed 4^3

Placed out 33

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Marraine System

The adoption or "marraine" system of providing for
the support of our children has developed until 688
children have American "godparents." These "god-
parents" contribute $72 a year for the support of each
child, and many also give $25 additional to supply the
clothing.

In order to extend this helpful and intimate relation-
ship, all the work of this department has been trans-
ferred to the New York office, and placed under the

IJSr THE POTATO FIELD
Here with the help of one of the farmers of the country-side, who loaned his
horses, his plow and his harrow, were planted 350 kilos of potatoes. The children
have done most of the work of hoeing and putting in hills. If the season is good
there should be a crop of three tons of potatoes.

direct charge of Mrs. W. K. B. Emerson, 18 West
57th Street, New York., to whom all correspondence
from marraines, and applications for children, should
be addressed, and who will gladly furnish detailed
information.

The Paris Committee is anxious to start a Christmas
Fund for the children, to insure each child having some
gift. We will be grateful, therefor, to receive any
contributions in money ( not articles ) toward this fund,

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and will forward it direct to Paris, thus assuring an
equal happiness to every child.

Work in the United States

On this side of the water the work has grown to
correspond with the increased demands from the French
headquarters. The organization has gradually become
more widely known until there are now groups and
individuals all over the United States who are contrib-
uting toward the work.

Much of this growth is due to the tireless energy of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lindon Smith, who, during the
year, visited forty-eight towns and cities, organizing and
speaking on behalf of the children. This year they are
continuing the work, their recent visit to France making
it possible for them to give a first-hand report of
present conditions.

Supply Committee

Clothing, food and supplies of all kinds have been
shipped in large quantities from the United States, and
it is hoped that this year we may be able greatly to
extend this service.

Work in Schools

A great accession ta our strength has come in the
form of the organized help of the domestic science
departments of many schools, both public and private.
This contribution of the children of America to the
children of France promises to be of great value.

Number of Articles Shipped

The total number of articles of clothing shipped to
France during 1917, from all groups and individuals
combined, is 85,000.

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Contributions of Sewing or Donated Garments

The Comite is deeply grateful to all those groups

and individuals who have made it possible to clothe

these children warmly and comfortably.

A list follows of the towns and cities from which

these garments have come. Only lack of space prevents

more detailed acknowledgment.

A corner of the Vestiaire of the Franco-American Committee for the Protection
of the Children of the Frontier after the arrival of cases from America.

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Towns and Cities Contributing Sewing and Clothing

Akkon, Ohio

Several affiliated groups, sending 7 bags and 5 boxes of clothing,
Miss Irene Seiberling.

Ank Arbor, Michigan

Ivarge center of many affiliated groups, under dierction of Mrs. Louis
P. Hall, sending large quantities of supplies regularly.

Albany, N. Y.

Newly organized group, Mrs. J. Fennimore Cooper, chairman.

Athens, Vt.

Sewing group, Mrs. Ned W. Wyman, chairman

Atlantic City, N. J.
Knitting.

Auburn, Ind.

Donations of many thousand articles, through Mrs. Anise C. Leas.

Burlington, Vt.

Sewing and donations from several individuals.

BOONEVILLE, N. Y.

Garments made.

Boston, Mass.

Garments made.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Sewing and donations by groups, individuals and schools.

Buffalo, N. Y.

Donations of clothing and sewing from several individuals. Miss
Emily Mettey.

Cambridge, Mass.

New England Clothing Committee for the Children of the Frontier,
39 Garden Street, Cambridge, Mass., Miss Constance Hall, chairman.
Shipping center for New England, including many groups and indi-
viduals.

Canandaigua, N. Y.

Canandaigua Academy and individuals, sewing. Miss A. P. Granger.

Casanova, Va.

Sewing group, Mrs. Annie C. S. Nourse, chairman.

Cleveland, Ohio.

Donations from individuals.

Clarkton, Va.

Garments made.

Chicago, III.

Sub-committee and shipping center for Illinois. Mrs. Russell Tyson,
chairman; Chicago and neighboring groups.

Celina, Ohio.

Clothing made.

Columbus, Ohio

Several groups, sending large contributions, Mrs. John V. Bonney,

chairman.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Garments made.

Devon, Pa.

"Little White Cottage" Donation.

Geneva, Ohio.

Sewing, Trumbull School.

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Greenwich^ Conn.

Clothing made.

Greenwich, N. Y.
Donations.

Hamilton, Mass.

Making Garments.

Howell, Mich.

Making Garments.

Jackson, Michigan

Sewing and contributions from several individuals and groups.

Kansas City, Mo.

Donation of clothing.

Labchmont, N. Y.

Sewing, public school.

Madison, Ohio.

Making Garments.

Meadvtlle, Pa.

Belgian Relief Society, and individuals; regular shipments of sewing
and many donations, Mrs. P. H. Richard.

McKenney, Va.

Clothing made.

Menlo Park, Cal.

Donations of clothing and supplies.

Miami, Fla.

Making Garments.

Mineola, N. Y.

Nassau County Association, regular consignments of sewing.

MONTCLAIR, N. J.

Making Garments.

Mt. Holly, N. Y.

Making garments.

Mt. Pocano (Swiftwater), N. Y.

Sewing and donations, Miss Esther Fisher.

MuNCiE, Ind.

Four large boxes of clothing contributed by the school children.

New Bedford,

Making garments, Mrs. Horatio Hathaway.

Newport, R. I.

Donation of clothing.

New York City

Sewing and donations from:

All Souls Unitarian Church through Mrs. Geo. R. Bishop.

Grace Mission through Mrs. Paul Dana.

Madison Ave. Presbyterian Church through Miss K. A. Frost.

Ethical Culture School.

St. James Church through Deaconess Van Brochdorff.

St. Thomas Church through Mrs. R. V. Elliott and Mrs. C. S. Kerby.

National Special Aid Society through Mrs. Chas. Ditson.

Trinity Mission.

Woman's Work Shop, through Mrs. Wm. C. Osborn.

Many individuals.

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New YorKj Westchester Coukty.

Red Cross Chapters, sewing and donations.

Armonk Harmon-on-Hudson

White Plains Pelham

Ardsley Hartsdale

Bedford Hills Katonah

Bronxville Briarcliff

Peekskill Dobbs Ferry

Hastings-on-Hudson Ossining

Port Chester Mt. Kisco

Yonkers Pleasantville

Rye Yorktown Heights

Mamaroneck New Rochelle

OatJifaTJiT, Me.

Making Garments.

Orange, N. J.

Making Garments.

PassaiCj N. J.
Knitting.

Peace Dale, R. I.

Sewing and donations, Mrs. O. C. Goodwin.

Perth Aiuboy, N. J.

Making Garments.

Philadelphia, Pa.
Donation.

POJMOXA, N. Y.

Sewing and donations, Mrs. C. B. Boorum.

Providence^ R. I.

Several groups, individuals and schools; much sewing and many
donations.

Redlastds, Cal.

Making garments.

Richmond, Va.

Donations, Mrs. Stuart Bryan.

RiDGEFIELD, CONN.

Sewing and donations.

RocKFORD, III.
Donation,

St. Louis, Mo.

Large center, comprising several groups, and shipping many boxes of
clothing and supplies, Mrs. Gouverneur Calhoun.

Stockbridge, Mass.

Donation of clothing.

Syosset, L. I.

Sewing and donations.

Troy, N. Y.

Donation.

Windsor, Vt.

Donation.

Walpole, N. H.

Sewing and donations, Mrs. F. Spaulding.

Warren, Pa.

Sewing and donations.

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WashingtoNj D. C.

Several groups, sending many boxes of clothing.

Westbrook, Me.

Making garments, Mrs. E. S. Cobb.

Weston, Mass.
Donation.

WlLMIJSTGTON, DeL.

Donations and sewing, Mrs. Joseph Bancroft,

WOONSOCKET, R. I.

Making Garments, Miss Edith Edwards.

Ypsilanti, Mich.

Making garments.

Two experts in the lace-class at Versailles, Les Ombrages, colony
of the Comite Franco-Americain pour la Protection des Enfants de
la Frontiere, under the special protection of Countess Pierre de
Viel-Castel and Mrs. Walter Gay.

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Requirements for 1918

Those who are helping us in the work of clothing the
children under the care of the Comite will be interested
to know what the requirements are for 1918. In round
numbers the Paris Committee has asked for the follow-
ing garments:

4000 black sateen aprons
12000 gingham aprons
15000 pairs of stockings

800 pairs of socks for older boys

3000 handkerchiefs
600 hair brushes
600 combs

5000 cakes Ivory soap

8000 wash cloths

3000 pairs khaki trousers

3000 gingham blouses

3000 flannel blouses

6000 negligee shirts

6000 nightshirts

6000 nightgowns

1500 cotton dresses

9000 chemises

4000 underwaists and corset covers

5000 pairs of drawers

4000 petticoats

1500 caps

1000 sweaters
500 boys' suits

1000 wool dresses

1000 coats and caps
and mittens, mufflers, suspehders, etc., in indefinite numbers.

Only the continued help of all our sewing groups
will enable us to fill this requisition.

New York Work Rooms

24,592 garments have been cut, sorted, counted, sent
out, and, together with an almost equal number of
donated garments, packed for shipment to France in
the New York work rooms. This immense amount of
work could never have been accomplished had it not
been for the efficient and steady co-operation of the

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New York volunteer workers in a task which has con-
sisted mostly of hard and monotonous drudgery, with-
out the inspiration which immediate contact with the
great struggle has given to the volunteer workers on
the other side of the water. Our thanks are due to all
who have made it possible to meet the demands upon
the New York office, and especially to those whose
names follow:

Miss Mary C. Brown Mrs. Fred. C. Lord

Mrs. F. R. Coudert Mrs. J. MacDonough

Mrs. George A, Crocker, Jr. Mrs. R. M. Parsons

Mrs. R. J. Cross Mrs. Charles Phelps

Mrs. Cutler Mrs. L. B. Rand

Mrs. W, North Duane Miss Emily Redmond

Mrs. Peter Farnum Miss Lelia Redmond

Miss Harriet Hammond Mrs. Horace Russell

Miss Mary Hayden Miss M. L. Russell

Mrs. Charles D. Hazen Mrs. H. S. Satterlee

Mrs. Colgate Hoyt, Jr. Mrs. L. Graeme Scott

Mrs. Henry Hoyt Mrs. Guy Scull

Miss F. L. Howland Mrs. Henry R. Stern

Mrs. W. H. Hutcheson Miss Helen Taylor

Mrs. E. C. Jameson Mrs. Maurice Tremblay

Mrs. Pierre Jay Miss N. du Vivier

Especial acknowledgment and thanks is due also to
JNIrs. Henry Wise Wood for her work in raising a
special blanket fund.

A large debt of appreciation and gratitude is due to
Judge Frederick R. Wells for the use of work rooms
for eight months, and to M. Charvet & Cie for our
present quarters.

Shipping

The French government has recently organized the
Service de Transport France- Amerique, which works
as an auxiliary autonomous service attached to the
Under- Secretaryship for Maritime Transports and to
the War Office. The aim of this service is to overcome
the difficulties in the transportation of gifts in kind from

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America to France. The gifts are received and trans-
mitted, without charge to the donors, to the benefiting
organizations in France. The Service accepts all gifts
in kind, such as food products, clothing, etc., with the
exception of worn articles of clothing or perishable
goods."

Through the great generosity of the French govern-
ment, the Comite Franco- Americain is able to ship all
its supplies by means of the Service, and extends its
thanks for this great gift, which has made possible the
continuation of its work in America.

It is with regret that we must ask our contributors to
discontinue sending us worn clothing.

Contributors

Without the steady and increasing interest and sup-
port of the hundreds of marraines and contributors to
the funds of the Comite, the work in France could not
have continued. To all those whose contributions dur-
ing the past year have made possible the comfort,
health and safety of this regiment of refugee children,
the Comite, in the name of the children, extends its
most sincere and earnest thanks, and asks for continued
support during the trying times ahead.

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NESTOR DELANOYE
The mother of this delicate little boy died of a painful
illness during the bombardment of Poperinghe, after which
her six children were left to themselves and obliged to beg for
food in the streets. Little Nestor came to Paris on July ,31st
with fifty refugee children from the North, all of whom were
received by the Comite Franco- Americain pour la Protection
des Enfants de la Frontiere. Nestor was suffering from ricketts
and was too weak to stand or walk. He has an excellent
rnentality and a smile which wins all hearts. Though weak,
his physical improvement is perceptible. He is at La Jonchiere,
the Sanatorium of the Committee, which is under the special
protection of Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss.

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Following is a statement of all sums expended by the American
committee since the organisation of the Comite Franco-American in
August, 1914., to December 31, 1917:

General Fund

Remittances to Paris, for the support of the children. . $161,416.72

Purchase of materials, shoes, and clothing, etc 33,874.51

Purchase of food 4,800.19

Purchase of blankets . 1,892.50

Passage for nurse 78.75

Purchase of books (special donation) 50.00

Total $202,112.67

Adoption Fund

Remittances to Paris for support of "adopted" children $66,410.45

Cable and exchange on checks 11.13

Total . . .' $66,421.58

Administration Fund

(All administration expenses are paid for from a
fund specially contributed for that purpose; donations
and subscriptions to the general and adoption funds go
entirely to the support of the children.)

Salaries $2,230.38

Expenses of bazaars, Chicago and New York 795.45

Office expenses (tel., light 7c.) 550.52

Stationery, printing, postage, cables, telegrams 1,982.61

Expressage 88.74

Miscellaneous 734.99

Total $6,517.99

(Sgd) Frederic R. Coudert,

Treasurer.

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Following is a statement of all expenditures in France, from
January 1, 1917, to October 31, 1917. Delays in communication
make it impossible to give the statement for the full year. Amounts
are in francs.

January 1 to October 31, 1917

General and Marraine Funds

Support of colonies Frs. 257,533.30

Support of Paris depots 45,621.75

Children requiring special care 3,244.75

For maintenance of children in hospitals and private

institutions 7,355.50

Clothing 27,943.80

Medical services 4 157.65

Dentist, supplies, etc 2,264.80

Provisions (special purchases) 943.00

Expense account 1 416.00

General charities . 1 282.00

Advertising 36.00

Miscellaneous 986.10

Total Frs. 352,784.65

Expenditures covered by special donations 34,164.00

386,948.65

Administration Account

(All administration expenses are paid from spe-
cially contributed funds, and not from the general
or marraine funds.)

Rent Frs. 3,341.85

Light and heat 557.10

Fixtures and fittings 2,339.55

Salaries 15,414.60

Transportation 749.40

Stamps, telephone and telegraph 3,237.65

Stationery and books 2,214.55

Sundries 795.85

Typewriters 1,935.00

Insurance 118.85

Travelling expenses 825.30

Expense of motor 2,133.40

Miscellaneous 987.40

Total , Frs. 34,650.50

Frederic R. Coudert,

Treasurer.

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Child in the street of a retaken village
of the Somme receiving sweets from a dis-
trict visitor.

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